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30 Jun 2013

Former Super Eagles midfielder, Thompson Oliha dies at 44

The midfielder, who was among the 1994 victorious Super Eagles' squad that won the Nations cup in Tunisia, died today Sunday, June 30 at 4.05 am at the Yusjib industrial Medicare hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State, Super Sport reports.

His wife Irish Oliha said he slumped in the toilet, before he could be rushed to the hospital he was dead.

He was the head coach of the Kwara Football Academy (KFA) in Ilorin, Kwara State.

Airlines dump what was believed to be human waste on family property

Two families with properties in Ontario, Canada, expressing their anger publicly after airlines drop their feces on their properties. They said that they are convinced that feces from passing airplanes on their way to or from Toronto Pearson Airport fell on their properties, but aviation authorities denied the allegations.

The Sullivan family of Mississauga said their lawn and three cars were splattered with what appeared to be feces dropped from a plane on Wednesday.

Six surprisingly ways to experience more energy every day

As we try to keep up with hectic activity demands by consuming more caffeine, sugar, and other energy "boosters" we become more frazzled, get less quality sleep, and add more chronic stress.

It's that sort of vicious cycle that leads into a downward spiral of poor physical and/or mental health. There are natural solutions we can begin to practice, increasingly allowing new habits to replace our energy draining-behavior and rejuvenate depleted energy naturally.

Meet a woman who can hear the movement of her own eyeballs

Imagine being able to hear everything that’s going on in your body, your blood flowing through your veins, your heartbeat etc, and not being able to control it.

Well that was the daily torture for Julie Redfern whose hearing became so acute it amplified sounds that are normally never heard.

She has a theory that the condition developed as a result of a bike crash she had when she was 24 but as she ages, she started to notice them shortly after her 40th birthday as she sat playing the computer game Tetris and heard a strange squeaking noise as she followed the bricks from side to side, before realizing it was her eyes. 

Coca Cola's plan to encourage people to ditch tea or coffee for its smoothies and juices

Coca-Cola wants Britons to swap their morning coffee/tea for its smoothies and juices, in a bid to boost sales. 

In the report: One category entitled ‘Complete the Meal’ notes that breakfast is often referred to as the most important meal of the day, with about a quarter of all drinks being consumed before 10am.

The report asks: ‘How do we motivate people to make soft drinks, like smoothies, juices and other on-the-go products, part of their morning ritual in the same way as tea or coffee?’